Company H
48th Virginia Regiment


Kilgore Fort House, Copper Creek, Scott Co. Va.
Sketch by Andrew Bond, August 1996

Joel Shelley

Rank: Pvt.

1860 Census: Farm hand, Scott Co.

Enlistment: Huntersville, Pocahontas Co., W. Va., age 18, 8/11/61

Present in unit, sick, 8/31/61.  Present 10/15/61.  WIA, "cannon shot in left foot," Chancellorsville, 5/3/63.  Hospital, leg amputated, Richmond, 6/13/63 when furloughed 60-day sick leave.  Hospital, Charlottesville, 11/6/63 to 11/19/63 when furloughed 60-day sick leave.  Paid Bristol, Tenn., 1/25/64.  Sick leave 1/26/64 thru 12/31/64.  Living, age 76, Scott Co., 3/10/1919.


48th Virginia Infantry Organization 48th Virginia Infantry Actions 48th Virginia Infantry Roster


Back to Scott County